While some media outlets have tried to depict her personal history as a stigma for Rick Perry, Alice Patterson's repentance for racism resonates both with secular American culture and with a deep evangelical tradition of repentance and redemption that resonates across racial, ethnic, and cultural lines.

As described on Patterson's website, Wooten and Patterson were the third and fourth speakers at the event: Apostle Willie Wooten recounted how God called a small church in New Orleans to impact the Louisiana Legislature.

This is the second in Patterson's Maximum Ride series, which grew out of a concept he explored in his adult novels, When The Wind Blow and The Lake House - but, to my mind, works much better as a teen series.

"In the end, the book doesn't create fully satisfying secondary characters nor a resounding conclusion-but those are relatively small criticisms given the insight, authenticity and courage of Patterson's good work."